Dara Calleary
Question:138 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on a property (details supplied) in County Mayo including a timing and a costing for the envisaged works. [15299/11]
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Bunnadober Mill has been in state care since the early 1980s. It is a rare surviving example of the horizontal mill in Ireland and contains other mill machinery of significance. While operational up until the 1980s, the mill powered a wide range of operations, including blacksmithing, wood, and stone cutting and laundering. The mill is presently not publicly accessible.
A Conservation Plan was commissioned and was carried out by Shaffrey Associates, conservation architects. The Conservation Plan will enable the Office of Public Works to plan a schedule of conservation works. The restoration of the mill complex, including the mill wheel, will proceed as resources in the Athenry National Monuments Depot allow. The site could be made accessible to the public in a limited way at a future date, pending the satisfactory completion of works and safe public access to the site.